Details
Union:
Union
Area of media:
TV Feature
Network:
Hallmark
Paid?:
Yes
Rates:
ACTRA scale + 110% Advance
Deadline:
June 3, 2024
Shooting starts:
July 8, 2024 on or about
Shooting finishes:
July 29, 2024 on or about
Shooting locations:
Winnipeg & environs
Cities for response:
Winnipeg
Comments
We are committed to diverse, inclusive casting. For every role, please submit qualified performers, without regard to disability, race and ethnicity, age, color, or national origin. ALL ROLES BELOW ARE OPEN TO ARTISTS OF ANY RACE. Self-tapes only. Please approach dialogue with Standard American English.
Storyline
Audrey Moss has a busy life as an emerging visual artist in Manhattan. Upon the recent passing of her grandmother Molly, she returns to her hometown of Cold Spring, Minnesota to help her mother Kay wind-down the family business, a very popular antique store. ...Molly loved to find lost objects, jewelry and the like, just so she could return the items to see the look of joy on the faces of the rightful owners. She always included Audrey in this sleuth-like hobby and they created a special and lasting bond. So, Molly left her granddaughter one last adventure: to find the owners of five lost treasures Molly has left in Audrey’s care, all before Christmas Day. She recruits former childhood friend Finn to assist in the search. He’s a private investigator by trade, so a perfect match. Not only do they find the owners of these lost treasures, Audrey uncovers an attraction to Finn she didn’t realize was there.
Roles
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Supporting | Kay Moss | Female 58 - 64 Years old |
Description A well-respected entrepreneur, and single mom to Audrey, Kay helped run a very popular antique store with her mother Molly in Cold Spring, Minnesota. Molly passed away a few months ago and left the business to both Kay and Audrey. Audrey has a busy life with a successful career as a visual artist in New York - she returns home to Cold Springs for Christmas, and to help Kay possibly find a buyer for the store. Kay just does not see herself running the business alone, and since Audrey’s life is established in New York, Kay now must consider selling. Both Kay and Audrey’s heartstrings are truly torn - with so many happy memories neither really want to let the store go, but it just seems like the most practical response. ...Audrey reprises her grandmother’s role of match-maker, reminding Kay that Finn’s handsome uncle Seth is still single. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Large Principal | Molly Moss | Female 70 - 77 Years old |
Description The long-time proprietor to Cold Spring’s most popular antique store, Molly passed away a few months ago. She is seen in a flashback when her grand-daughter Audrey is about eleven years old. Always encouraging Audrey’s dreams of being an artist, they had a special bond. Molly had a unique hobby - she loved finding the owners of lost items, and really got a kick out of the detective-like work this effort would often require. ...Molly saw the sacrifices Kay made as a single mother. She always wished Kay might find the right guy, so she played match-maker, ignoring Kay’s gentle objections. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Large Principal | Seth O'Sullivan | Male 57 - 64 Years old |
Description Uncle to Finn O’Sullivan, Seth is a senior officer on Cold Spring’s fire department. He shares some very helpful information with Audrey and Finn that helps them link one of the lost items to the fire that destroyed St. James Church years ago - a christening bracelet that Molly found near the ruins of the church. ...Unknown to Kay, Seth has had his eye on her for some time, but never thought she would be interested...And unknown to Seth, Kay has harboured fond thoughts for him as well. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Large Principal | Charlie Campion | Male 60 - 70 Years old |
Description A talented artisan and jolly fellow, Charlie runs the jewelry store next door to Kay’s antique shop. He’s known Audrey her whole life and was a close friend, and confidante, to Molly when she was alive. With his white beard, and the twinkle in his eye, it’s not hard to see Charlie’s resemblance to good old St. Nick. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Large Principal | Diana Trank | Female 58 - 70 Years old |
Description Another seller of antiquities, Diana runs a competing antique store in Cold Spring. Although business is not as brisk at her shop, Diana has always maintained an aura of superiority over Kay, Audrey, and Molly when she was alive. Sadly for Diana, she does not understand warmth and sincerity are traits customers really value when deciding where to shop. ...She is very involved as a judge in the community’s annual ‘Giving Gala’ art competition, a festive event that raises money for the food bank. When Audrey was younger, she never gave her art-work a second glance, but now that she is a success in New York, all that has changed for Diana. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Large Principal | Jenny O'Sullivan | Female 58 - 67 Years old |
Description Finn O’Sullivan’s mother Jenny is fun-loving and never shies away from trying something new. In part inspired by Audrey, she recently discovered that she loves to paint, and unknown to Jenny herself, she is actually quite talented. ...She’s always really liked Audrey and is thrilled Finn is spending time with her over the Holidays. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Large Principal | Audrey Moss (11 years old) | Female 9 - 11 Years old |
Description Very intelligent and full of energy, we see Audrey in a flashback when she was about eleven years old. Audrey displays the tell-tale signs of a dedicated artist as she intently sketches the landscape of the river-bank that Grandma Molly is ‘beach-combing’. She adores her grandmother, and focuses on a newly discovered shiny trinket Molly has discovered among the debris. PLEASE INCLUDE DATE OF BIRTH WITH SUBMISSION | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Large Principal | Joe | Male 39 - 47 Years old |
Description Joe runs the main garden center in Cold Spring, he loves his job and it’s a busy time for him as families are looking for the perfect Christmas tree. Finn actually did some work for Joe’s father-in-law Edgar when he was still alive, really helping the family business at a difficult time - so Audrey and Finn are welcomed with open arms! ...They return a long-lost ring, which holds a dear memory and Joe recounts the colorful story behind it. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | Father Lodovick | Male 74 - 84 Years old |
Description Now retired, Father Lodowick was the priest at St. James parish when the original church burnt to the ground years ago. A sincere and kindly soul, Audrey and Finn meet with him - he links the christening bracelet to a former parishioner who he still knows, a Sioban Haber who just lives about an hour away in St. Cloud. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | Lexi Abrams | Female 38 - 48 Years old |
Description Lexi is the friendly but somewhat disorganized manager of Cold Spring theater which Audrey and Finn attend - they’re looking for leads regarding a then young woman named Elizabeth who performed ‘Clara’ from The Nutcracker years back, but just how many years is not quite certain. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | Betty Douglas | Female 38 - 44 Years old |
Description Betty danced the role of ‘Clara’ when she was a younger woman - she’s actually not the owner of the pendant in question, but steers Audrey and Finn in the right direction. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | Teenage Girl | Female 15 - 17 Years old |
Description In their search for an ‘Elizabeth Shepherd’, Audrey and Finn encounter her next-door neighbor, a friendly, and helpful, teenager making a snowman in her yard. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | Elizabeth Shepherd | Female 35 - 39 Years old |
Description Elizabeth is the dancer who performed ‘Clara’ from The Nutcracker years back. Audrey and Finn return a pendant to her that holds tremendous sentimental value, and she is taken aback to see it again after so many years. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | Saleswoman | Female 27 - 35 Years old |
Description A sales associate at Kennedy Motors, she warmly greets Audrey and Ken - they are seeking a meeting with Frank Kennedy Jr., who has assumed ownership of the car dealership since his father passed away. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | Frank Kennedy Jr. | Male 56 - 64 Years old |
Description Son to Frank Kennedy Sr., Frank Jr. is the owner of Kennedy Motors in Cold Spring. Audrey and Finn bring him a manuscript found in a lock-box once owned by his deceased father. It sheds a whole new light upon his father’s literary aspirations, beyond running an auto dealership and Frank Jr. is eternally grateful. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Principal | Siobhan Haber | Female 37 - 44 Years old |
Description After much effort, Audrey and Finn link the bracelet from the church fire to its correct owner, a Siobhan Haber. It was her grandmother’s christening bracelet brought all the way from Ireland, a treasure to her family. Her grandmother passed away as well, and Siobhan empathizes with Audrey’s loss, felt a little more sharply at Christmastime. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Actor | Young Man/Dog Sitter | Male 24 - 29 Years old |
Description This friendly young man is actually Siobhan Haber’s dog-sitter...She’s away on a ski trip, so he takes Finn’s phone number to pass on. | ||
| Role type | Role | Gender & Age range |
| Actor | Jerome | Male 50 - 70 Years old |
Description The final treasure Audrey and Finn must return to its original owner is a beautiful ring set with a variety of gemstones. They suspect it was actually crafted by Charlie, but his store is closed as he is playing Santa again at the Kiwanis Club. To keep with Grandma Molly’s wishes, they must find the rightful owner by Christmas Day - and it’s already Christmas Eve! ...Another jeweller, Jerome, knows Charlie’s work well and confirms he is the creator. | ||